In this lesson, students will research various colleges and universities based on their likes and preferences to help then in deciding where to apply and hopefully get in to.

Group Size:

Whole class

Learning Objectives:

After going through this lesson, students will create a website that fully describes their rationale for top college choices according to the rubric.

Guiding Question:

What will the students begin to look and what will be the most important factors when deciding which universities and colleges to strongly begin to consider and apply to?

Materials:

-Computer: to search individual colleges, and also to visit collegesearch.collegeboard.com; and to visit forums to see what others are saying about schools they could possibly have an interest in
-Brochures from various colleges and universities

Procedures:

1. Start the lesson out by having a current college student come in and tell the class about what their college experience has been like, and also allow my students to ask him/her any questions that they might have.

2. Explain to my students why college is important and explain what college can do for them and how it can help them succeed and achieve their dreams

3. Go over general admissions requirement that most universities and colleges have

4. Have the students go to computers and go to the website- collegesearch.collegeboard.com, which provides a questionnaire that asks many different questions about the students wants and preferences when looking for a school, and when they are finished with the questionnaire , it will provide a list of schools that the student could possibly be interested in

5. The students could also look at websites of various universities and colleges, along with forums about schools that have been written by students, which would give them first hand opinions.

6. Explain the final assignment

Assessment:

After answering the online questionnaire and researching information about various schools, I will have the students create their own webpage that will explain and describe the top 3 schools that they found that they had some interest in. The students will have to fully explain what it was about each of the schools they liked and what drew them to researching it more. I will also have them add some pictures to the website so that others can get a glimpse of the schools that they are talking about.